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Ontogenetic niche structure and partitioning of immature sandbar sharks within the Chesapeake Bay nursery
Characterizing ontogenetic niches of species is fundamental to understanding ecosystem structure and how habitat utilization changes across...
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Estuarine gradients dictate spatiotemporal variations of microbiome networks in the Chesapeake Bay
BackgroundAnnually reoccurring microbial populations with strong spatial and temporal variations have been identified in estuarine environments,...
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Tidal Wetland Resilience to Increased Rates of Sea Level Rise in the Chesapeake Bay: Introduction to the Special Feature
The papers in this Special Feature are the result of the first Marsh Resilience Summit in the Chesapeake Bay region, which occurred in February 2019....
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Comparative morphology of freshwater sculpin inhabiting different environmental conditions in the Chesapeake Bay headwaters
We compared body morphology of two freshwater sculpin taxa that inhabit distinct environmental conditions in the Chesapeake Bay watershed of eastern...
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The Chesapeake Bay Oyster: Cobblestone to Keystone
Throughout human history there are few foods that have been at the center of as much conflict, intrigue, murders, passionate emotions and poetry as...
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Legal and Policy Challenges for Future Marsh Preservation in the Chesapeake Bay Region
As communities face increased flooding from relative sea level rise and attempt to preserve their marshes, they face a number of policy challenges...
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Blue Crabs: Beautiful Savory Swimmers of the Chesapeake Bay
Blue crabs have been an important economic and ecological species within Chesapeake Bay throughout history. They have been collected and consumed...
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Plastic Pollution and the Chesapeake Bay: The Food System and Beyond
Plastic pollution is a widespread problem across the world’s oceans, bays, estuaries and rivers. Much of this waste is the residue of food system...
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Reversing the Eutrophication of the Chesapeake Bay and Its People
Eutrophication overtook the Chesapeake Bay beginning in the mid twentieth century, and continues to be a major problem. The human food system...
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Pesticides Bring the War on Nature to the Chesapeake Bay
The end of World War II brought DDT and other organic pesticides to Chesapeake Bay agriculture. These new insecticides and herbicides supported the...
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The unexpected occurrence of a persistent population of the tropical green alga Batophora oerstedii (Ulvophyceae, Dasycladales) in Maryland waters
While surveying plants and algae on the Chesapeake Bay side of the Eastern Shore of Maryland (USA), we encountered an unexpected green alga in...
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What Nature, Politics and Policy Demand of the Chesapeake Bay and Its Food System
By the middle of the twentieth Century the Chesapeake Bay showed clear signs of declining water quality and attendant depletion of seafood harvests....
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Sugar Twice Enslaves: Consequences for the People of the Chesapeake Bay
The Chesapeake Bay region was highly involved in the colonial era triangle trade that connected the sugar colonies of the Caribbean to Western Europe...
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Scientific Concepts for Understanding the Health of the Chesapeake Bay and Its People
This chapter provides an introduction to the basic science needed for the reader to understand the ensuing chapters that explore the relationship...
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A New Food System for the Chesapeake Bay Region and a Changing Climate
Climate change is resha** the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem and its linked food system. Sea level rise and increased precipitation drive regular...
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A Fishing Trip: Exploiting and Managing the Commons of the Chesapeake Bay
Captain John Smith and his band of English colonists arrived at the Chesapeake Bay in 1607, discovering an estuary little changed by human activity....
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Long-term periodic management of Phragmites australis maintains native brackish wetland plant communities
Complete eradication of invasive plants is often infeasible but in some cases it is possible to reduce the invader to low levels with reduced ongoing...
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Livestock and Poultry: Other Colonists Who Changed the Food System of the Chesapeake Bay
The introduction of domesticated animals into the Chesapeake Bay regions’ food system had profound consequences for the health of the ecosystem and...
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The Journey from Peruvian Guano to Artificial Fertilizer Ends with Too Much Nitrogen in the Chesapeake Bay
By the mid-nineteenth century, farmers in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed began importing fertilizers to restore productivity to depleted fields. This...
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Ethics and Economics of Building a Food System to Recover the Health of the Chesapeake Bay and Its People
Reimagining a new food system for recovering the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its people requires addressing the ethics of the current way we...